PUBLIC LAW 109–295—OCT. 4, 2006
120 STAT. 1399
‘‘(A) mitigation, by taking sustained actions to reduce or eliminate long-term risks to people and property from hazards and their effects; ‘‘(B) preparedness, by planning, training, and building the emergency management profession to prepare effectively for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from any hazard; ‘‘(C) response, by conducting emergency operations to save lives and property through positioning emergency equipment, personnel, and supplies, through evacuating potential victims, through providing food, water, shelter, and medical care to those in need, and through restoring critical public services; and ‘‘(D) recovery, by rebuilding communities so individuals, businesses, and governments can function on their own, return to normal life, and protect against future hazards; ‘‘(10) increasing efficiencies, by coordinating efforts relating to preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation; ‘‘(11) helping to ensure the effectiveness of emergency response providers in responding to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster; ‘‘(12) supervising grant programs administered by the Agency; ‘‘(13) administering and ensuring the implementation of the National Response Plan, including coordinating and ensuring the readiness of each emergency support function under the National Response Plan; ‘‘(14) coordinating with the National Advisory Council established under section 508; ‘‘(15) preparing and implementing the plans and programs of the Federal Government for— ‘‘(A) continuity of operations; ‘‘(B) continuity of government; and ‘‘(C) continuity of plans; ‘‘(16) minimizing, to the extent practicable, overlapping planning and reporting requirements applicable to State, local, and tribal governments and the private sector; ‘‘(17) maintaining and operating within the Agency the National Response Coordination Center or its successor; ‘‘(18) developing a national emergency management system that is capable of preparing for, protecting against, responding to, recovering from, and mitigating against catastrophic incidents; ‘‘(19) assisting the President in carrying out the functions under the national preparedness goal and the national preparedness system and carrying out all functions and authorities of the Administrator under the national preparedness System; ‘‘(20) carrying out all authorities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Directorate of Preparedness of the Department as transferred under section 505; and ‘‘(21) otherwise carrying out the mission of the Agency as described in section 503(b). ‘‘(b) ALL-HAZARDS APPROACH.—In carrying out the responsibilities under this section, the Administrator shall coordinate the implementation of a risk-based, all-hazards strategy that builds
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